The Transfiguration91And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”2Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and [Q]Or JacobJames and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; 3and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 4Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. 5Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three [R]Or sacred tentstabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified. 7Then a cloud [S]Or occurredformed, overshadowing them, and a voice [T]Or occurredcame out of the cloud, “This is My beloved Son, [U]Or give constant heedlisten to Him!” 8All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.9As they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, [V]Lit except whenuntil the Son of Man rose from the dead. 10They [W]Or kept to themselvesseized upon [X]Lit the statementthat statement, discussing with one another [Y]Lit what was the rising from the deadwhat rising from the dead meant. 11They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 12And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt?13“But I say to you that Elijah has [Z]Lit alsoindeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him.”All Things Possible14When they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. 15Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and began running up to greet Him. 16And He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?”17And one of the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute; 18and [A]Or whereverwhenever it seizes him, it [B]Or tears himslams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and [C]Or withers awaystiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it.” 19And He answered them and said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!”20They brought [D]Lit himthe boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth.21And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22“It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” 23And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If You can?’ All things are possible to him who believes.”24Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.” 25When Jesus saw that a crowd was [E]Or running togetherrapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You deaf and mute spirit, I [F]Or I Myself commandcommand you, come out of him and do not enter him [G]Or from now onagain.”26After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!” 27But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up. 28When He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not drive it out?” 29And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.”Death and Resurrection Foretold30From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.31For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be [H]Or betrayeddelivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.”32But they [I]Lit were not knowingdid not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.33They came to Capernaum; and when He [J]Lit had comewas in the house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?”34But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. 35Sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, [K]Or let him behe shall be last of all and servant of all.”36Taking a child, He set him [L]Lit in their midstbefore them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, 37“Whoever receives [M]Lit one of such childrenone child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”Dire Warnings38John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” 39But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.40“For he who is not against us is [N]Or on our sidefor us.41“For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink [O]Lit in a name that you are Christ’sbecause of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.42“Whoever causes one of these [P]I.e. humble little ones who believe to stumble, it [Q]Lit is better for him if a millstone turned by a donkey is hungwould be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he [R]Lit has been thrownhad been cast into the sea.43“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into [S]Gr Gehennahell, into the unquenchable fire,44[[T]Vv 44 and 46, which are identical to v 48, are not found in the early msswhere their worm does not die,and the fire is not quenched.] 45“If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into [U]Gr Gehennahell,46[[V]See v 44, notewhere their worm does not die,and the fire is not quenched.] 47“If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into [W]Gr Gehennahell,48where their worm does not die,andthe fire is not quenched.49“For everyone will be salted with fire.50“Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you [X]Lit season itmake it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”